A Catechism, Table of contents
The CONTENTs of the severall CHAPTERS.
CHAP. page.
1. OF Catechizing, as an introduction to that which followeth 1
2. Of the Holy Scriptures 4
3. Of God 8
4. Of Gods decree 13
5. Of Creation 17
6. Of Gods providence 21
7. Of Angels 27
8. Of the estate of man in innocency by creation 28
9. Of the fall of our first Parents 31
10. Of Sinne, the definition of it, and the distribution into Originall and actuall 35
11. Of the punishment of Sinne 39
12. Of mans deliverance 42
13. Of the person of Christ, his Godhead and his manhood 45
14. Of the Office of Christ, as mediator between God and man 48
15. Of the covenant between God and man, the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace, and the difference between them 51
16. Of the Propheticall, Priestly, and Kingly Office of Christ: and specially of the Propheticall 55
17. Of the Priesthood of Christ 58
18. Of the Kingly Office of Christ 61
19. Of Christs humiliation 63
20. Of the exaliation of Christ, and of his resurrection from the dead 67
21. Of Christs ascension into Heaven 71
22. Of Christs sitting at the right hand of God, and his return to the last judgement 74
23. Of Faith and union with Christ 76
24. Of Iustification, and of Adoption 81
25. Sanctification, and the difference between that and justification, and of some other benefits of Christ unto believers 85
26. Of the necessity of Faith, its perfection at the first, and the meanes whereby it may be increased. Of hearing the Word, of Baptisme, and the Lords Supper 88
27. Of Prayer, and some other means of increasing faith 93
28. Of the Church catholike or mysticall, and the difference between it, and particular instituted Churches 97
29. Of the instituted Church, or particular Churches 102
30. Of the Power or Liberty of Churches, and of Church Officers 104
31 Of Church-discipline or censures 109
32. Of the life that believers in Christ ought to live in the world, and of the Law of God 111
33. Of death, the resurrection of the body, and the last judgement. 120
FINIS.
End of the text · Richard Mather, A Catechism (1650)